Hand-stamp.



' w.1. BROOKMAN.

HAND STAMP APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. WW.

1 9 1 96,5 1 g Patented Aug. 29, 1916 WILLIAM J. BROOKMAN, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

HAND-STAMP,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 191W:

1.. plication filed March 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,359.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. BROOK- MAN, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, and

' resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and

I lation of these stamps by hand.

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-qtamps,

of which the following is a specification,

and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

The invention relates to stamps, such as are used upon the desk forprinting the date, a. signature or the like, and the invention hasespecial reference to the manipu- As usually constructed the type withwhich these stamps are provided is either normally concealed from viewor is so located with reference to the handle as not to be visibleduring the ordinary use of the stamp. F1irthermore. as these stamps arecommonly formed with a body which is of symmetrical shapc.'the use ofthe stamp required either an examination of the type or of some vis iblemarker upon the body of'the stamp in advance of the printing operation.to prevent printing with the type in an inverted position.

The present invention accordingly proposes to'avoid the necessity ofavisual examination of the stamp. by providing the stamp body with a.handle which serves to indicate the position of the type when grasped bythe hand in ordinary use of the stamp.

The object of the invention is to provide a hand stamp which may be moreconveniently and rapidly used.

In the accompanying drzuvings. Figure l is a wrspective view showing awell known form of self inking hand stamp embodying the features ofimprovement provided by the-invention. Fig. .2 is a plan view of thestamp illustrated in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a differentform of stamp embodying the features of improvement provided by theinvention, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the stamp illustrated inFig, 3.

ln carrying out the invention the stamp frame or body, as 10 or ll, willbe constructed as usual and an improved form of handle. as l). or 13 isapplied thereto. This handle is so shaped t t it not only erves toindicate the position of the corresponding stamp frame or body 10 or 11when grasped in the hand, out. the shape is such as to facilitate thebidding of the stamp when turned to the correct position for printin Tothis end the handle 12 or 13 is provided with a forwardly projectingknob, as M or 15, to be received between the fingers of the hand.

hen the stamp frame or body. as 10, is of such shape that the handle 12is raised a, considerable distance above the printing plane, theforwardly projecting knob H is most conveniently located at the lowerend of the handle. as in Figs. 1 and 2. ()n the other hand, when theframe or body. as 11, merely comprises the usual wooden block to whichthe type, as 16. is directly applied, and the handle, as 1?. isaccordingly separated only a short distance from the printing plane, theforwardly projecting knob, as 15. is preferably located near the upperend of the handle.

\Vith either form. of construction shown, the forwardly projecting knob.ll or 15, is laterally compressed to be conveniently received betweenthe fingers of the hand and is of rounded outline. As a handle providedwith this forwardly extended knob will be most conveniently grasped inthe hand when the knob is directed toward the user, the improved handlenot only serves as an indicator to denote the position of the stamp, butitgreatly reduces the liability of using the stamp with the type ininverted position even through no conscious attention is given to theposition of the. projection by the user. The convenience and rapiditywith which the stamp may be used are thereby greatly increased.

I claim as my invention,-

In a device of the kind described, in combination. a stamp body havinga. type. face, a noirsymmctrical upright handle secured to the stampbody and having a laterally compressed knob to be gripped between thefingers formed on an upright side of the handle and projecting forwardlytherefrom with respect to the printing line of the type face of the bodywhen in printing position.

\VILLT AM J. BROOKM AN;

